Elder-caregivers

FM123

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3. I am so sorry, Ilsa. It is so difficult to be a caregiver to family as we watch them decline...

Tue Jun 11, 2019, 10:22 PM

Jun 2019

Every person is different (I helped take care of both of my in-laws as well as my mother) but with my father-in-law he became paranoid as well as confused, so we had to rename his various meds as "vitamins" so he would willingly take them. Unfortunately, with all my parents we had to dose them ourselves once they reached the point of confusion, we feared not missing doses but overdosing. Good luck with your mom-in-law and please take care and be good to yourself too.

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Sadly, my live-in mother-in-law's dementia is getting worse. [View all] Ilsa Jun 2019 OP

I don't know if this will help with her meds dflprincess Jun 2019 #1

We used this for Mom until she moved in with us. Deb Jun 2019 #2

Good! thank you for this. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #5

Wow! What a neat system! Ilsa Jun 2019 #11

I am so sorry, Ilsa. It is so difficult to be a caregiver to family as we watch them decline... FM123 Jun 2019 #3

Overdosing is my fear as well. Ilsa Jun 2019 #10

As my grandmother got less capable (and was at the live-in stage, but before home-nurse-help stage) RockRaven Jun 2019 #4

Thank you. Ilsa Jun 2019 #9

has a doctor evaluated her meds lately Skittles Jun 2019 #6

Her meds were looked at by a dr (hospitalist) Ilsa Jun 2019 #7

This morning she is better. Ilsa Jun 2019 #8